Bringing the wisdom of the Tao Te Ching back into daily life.
The Dnature Education Association was founded in 2020. Through free public lectures, outdoor learning and advanced practice, it shares wisdom you can use every day.
Dnature Education Association
Welcome
This small book gathers the association’s three paths of learning (public lectures, outdoor learning and advanced practice), practice in daily life, events and reading, and our education hall in Tainan.
Every session in this book comes from the site’s published schedules; the miniature scenes are illustrations.
About us
Close to nature, and close to what life really is.
To be close is to respect and accept; to be close is to be kind and in harmony.
Heaven and earth raise all things, and people are part of nature. We learn from nature to look back at ourselves, and practise respect, acceptance, kindness and harmony between people.
Respect
Seeing that people and every living thing are equal.
Acceptance
Understanding each other’s conditions; finding oneness in difference.
Kindness
Doing less new harm, starting with thoughts, words and deeds.
Harmony
People caring for people, things close to things, every matter with courtesy.
No need to know the classics first. We start from real moments at work, at home and between people.
The free lecture series “Everyday Wisdom and the Meaning of Life” travels to venues across Taiwan. Teacher Yan Hui draws on Laozi’s Tao Te Ching and works through the relationships, feelings and choices of modern life, practising awareness, reflection and change.
Sessions
98, Aug 2026 to Dec 2027
Venues
Hsinchu, Yilan, Luodong, Nantou, Yuli and Tainan
Times
Hsinchu, Yilan, Luodong, Yuli and Tainan: 10:00–12:00; Nantou: 09:30–12:00
Relief from public elevation data, heights exaggerated about 6×; gold pins mark approximate venue locations.
Fig. 1 Every public lecture, one mark eachData: the site’s published lecture schedule. Dates run across; each row is a venue.Counted：98 sessions · 6 venues · 204.5 hours in allStood up: each session rises by its actual length. Longer sessions stand taller.Every session
Venue
Time
Dates
Hsinchu
10:00–12:00
2026：Sep 19, Oct 17, Nov 15, Dec 132027：Jan 9, Mar 13, Apr 10, May 8, Jun 12, Jul 10, Aug 14, Sep 11, Oct 9, Nov 13, Dec 11
Yilan
10:00–12:00
2026：Aug 8, Sep 12, Oct 10, Nov 14, Dec 122027：Jan 2, Feb 13, Mar 6, Apr 3, May 1, Jun 5, Jul 3, Aug 7, Sep 4, Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 4
Luodong
10:00–12:00
2026：Aug 22, Sep 27, Nov 21, Dec 192027：Jan 16, Feb 27, Mar 20, Apr 17, May 15, Jun 19, Jul 17, Aug 21, Sep 18, Oct 16, Nov 20, Dec 18
Nantou
09:30–12:00
2026：Aug 23, Sep 20, Oct 18, Nov 22, Dec 202027：Jan 17, Feb 14, Mar 14, Apr 11, May 16, Jun 13, Jul 11, Aug 8, Sep 12, Oct 24, Nov 14, Dec 12
Yuli
10:00–12:00
2026：Aug 29, Sep 26, Oct 24, Nov 7, Dec 262027：Jan 30, Feb 20, Mar 27, Apr 24, May 29, Jun 26, Jul 31, Aug 28, Sep 25, Oct 30, Nov 27, Dec 25
Tainan
10:00–12:00
2026：Aug 16, Sep 13, Oct 25, Nov 29, Dec 272027：Feb 21, Mar 21, Apr 18, May 23, Jun 20, Jul 18, Aug 15, Sep 19, Oct 17, Nov 21, Dec 19
Out of the classroom, learning together in nature.
The association holds outdoor learning once or twice a year. We see people as part of nature and learn from nature to look back at ourselves; outdoor learning takes that shared study into the mountains. Featured here is “Wuling: Learning Together in the Mountains” at Wuling Farm; the association has published a video looking back on it on its YouTube channel.
How often
Once or twice a year
Featured
Wuling: Learning Together in the Mountains, 9–10 October 2026 · Wuling Farm
Look back
The activity video on the association’s YouTube channel
Updates
Follow the association’s activity news and YouTube channel
Looking back Wuling: Learning Together in the Mountains · 9–10 October 2026 · Wuling Farm Watch the video
Learning in the mountains · illustration：The hills, stream, trees and buildings are an illustration, not the real terrain or layout of Wuling Farm; the association’s video shows the day itself.
Reflection slip Observe: The last time you walked among trees or on a mountain path, what made you stop?
Reflect Away from familiar places, did you react differently to others, or to yourself?
Take it into your day A suggestion: walk one stretch slowly this week, and notice one tree, one breeze or one sound of water.
Practice classes go where daily life really gets stuck: feelings, words, relationships and the habits that keep coming back. They suit people who have attended the lectures and want to keep practising.
Awareness · see it first Before a reaction carries you off, notice what mind, body and words are doing.
Reflection · see the root See the expectations, attachments and habits under the feeling.
Change · act differently Adjust one sentence, one pace or one distance, so the new understanding enters daily life.
Sessions
19, Aug 2026 to Dec 2027
Venues
Taoyuan 17, Tainan 2
Running total
38 hours
Joining
Please contact the venue’s coordinator
A path of practice · conceptual scene：Three landings stand for this chapter’s awareness, reflection and change, one step up after another; see “Session chart” for each class.
Reflection slip Observe: Was there an ordinary moment today when a reaction nearly carried you off?
Reflect Just before it, was there a small gap where you could have paused?
Take it into your day A suggestion: pick a moment you meet every day, like opening a door or waiting for the kettle, and pause there.
Fig. 2 One block a class, adding upData: the site’s published practice schedule, left to right by date, one block per class.Counted：19 classes · 2 venues · 38 hours in allStood up: each class stands as high as the running total of practice hours up to it (not its own length), step by step; the last one is 38 hours.Every session
Pick the habit you most want to change and look back at one moment from the day that moved you. See honestly where you fell short, where you grew, and carry a new choice back into life.
Five steps
Meet the problem Did I notice that something set me off?
See no. 6 How did I read it?
See no. 7 What am I holding on to?
See no. 8 Which old habit came out again?
Change the action This time, what can I do differently?
Daily self-rating
Unaware
Not seeing, following Didn’t see it; carried along by the old reaction.
Aware
Seeing, still following Noticed it, but still went along with the reaction.
Reflecting
Seeing, not following Saw it and could pause, without following.
Changing
Not following, changing Went further and made a different choice.
A former noodle-factory warehouse; 2025 was the hall’s first year.
The hall, at 43 Nanxing Rd, Yongkang, Tainan, was once a warehouse of a Guanmiao noodle factory. After a year of design and planning and a year of building work, it became the Qindaziran Education Hall (the association itself was founded in 2020). The Tainan study group, small activities and practice classes meet here. The right page shows the building as an illustration; switch to the chart for the published Tainan sessions.
Tainan study group
5 sessions, Saturdays, 13:30–15:30
Small activity
Calligraphy class (Oct 31)
Where
Dnature Education Hall, Yongkang, Tainan
Joining
Please contact the venue’s coordinator
Qindaziran Education Hall · architectural illustration：A former Guanmiao noodle-factory warehouse; 2025 was the hall’s first year. The Tainan study group, small activities and practice classes meet here (43 Nanxing Rd, Yongkang, Tainan); see “Session chart” for the dates.
Fig. 3 A season at the Tainan hallData: the site’s published Tainan sessions, Oct 24 to Dec 26. Dates run across; the time of day runs down.Counted：5 study group · 1 small activity · 2 practiceStood up: each block rises by its actual length. Two hours stand as high as two hours.Every session
The session charts use this site’s published schedules; the miniature scenes are illustrations. Neither includes attendance figures, personal data or checklist answers.
